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Yamila Gonzalez

Understanding Soil - Part 4: Soil Improvement Techniques for Clay and Sandy Soils | Nat... - 0 views

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    This time I am going give you some tips about soil improvement techniques for clay and sandy soils. Soil that is mostly clay will need some sand and other ingredients to make it better, the same with sandy soil, will need some clay and other things.
Yamila Gonzalez

Understanding Soil - Part 1: Benefits of Soil Improvements | NaturalFreeChoice.com - 0 views

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    Soil is the basis of our food production. If we want to grow healthy plants it is good to know the benefits of soil improvement. There are various types of soil like clay, loam, and sand. The one that is generally preferred is loam. To get better results from our soil we need to make some improvements, even if it is loam, it can be improved to make it better.
Yamila Gonzalez

Understanding Soil: - Part 3: Soil Improvement Techniques for All Types Of Soil | Nat... - 0 views

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    To obtain healthy plants we need healthy soil . Since there are different types of soil we can improve it according its type. The techniques are the following: 1) Organic compost: Provides nutrients. 2) Mulch: Good for earthworms which change humus into nutrients. Protect from direct sunlight, provides nutrients, and increase soil biota. 3) Dry and liquid compost: The same benefits as mulching.
Yamila Gonzalez

Understanding Soil - Part 6: Soil PH Improvement | NaturalFreeChoice.com - 0 views

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    By: NaturalFreeChoice.com Soil improvementis necessary to get better crops when you obtain an acidic or alkaline result from a test. You may need to rise or lower the PH level depending on the results obtained from the test. Following are some techniques to adjust the soil to a neutral PH depending on the test results: 1) For both alkaline an acidic: Regularly add mulch, compost, organic fertilizers and other organic material. 2) For acidic soils: The usual way to correct acidity is to use Lime. The safest material is ground up limestone rock (agricultural lime). Also ash from wood fire can be used, crushed seashells ans dolomite.
Yamila Gonzalez

Understanding Soil - Part 5: PH Testing | NaturalFreeChoice.com - 0 views

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    By: NaturalFreeChoice.com If we want a healthy soilit is good to know itsPH. PH is refers to the indication of alkalinity or acidity of a solution. A soil with good condition has a neutral PH, if it is acidic the nutrients will quickly leach out of the soil, and if it is alkaline it will be difficult for the plant to absorb nutrients. Most of the food crops prefer a neutral PH, but other prefers an acidic or an alkaline soil.
Yamila Gonzalez

Understanding Soil - Part 2: Identifying Types of Soil | NaturalFreeChoice.com - 0 views

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    When we are planning to plant it is good to know which type of soilwe have in order to know which improvements we need to perform. Understanding soil is very important if we want to produce healthy fruits and vegetables. The techniques shown here is simple and can utilize inexpensive materials.
kevin Anderson

How to Cut Down On Costs in Hydroponic Gardening? - 0 views

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    Hydroponic gardening also offers several benefits to our environment. Hydroponic gardening uses considerably less water than soil gardening
kevin Anderson

Hydroponics Growing: - Steps To Follow - 0 views

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    Hydroponics is the method of growing plants sans soil under controlled environment. Starting a hydroponic garden is not hard, as long as you plan and prepare for the task.
kevin Anderson

Hydroponic Gardens - Ideal for Rooftops - 0 views

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    Hydroponics and other alternative methods can expand the possibilities of roof top gardening by reducing the need for soil or its tremendous weight.
kevin Anderson

A COAT OF ARMOR ON YOUR PLANTS - 0 views

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    Rhino Skin has been specially designed for use with all hydroponics, sphagnum, coco coir and soil growing mediums
kevin Anderson

Hydroponic Nutrients Facts And Feeding Tips - 0 views

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    Your hydroponic plants will be more sensitive to nutrient levels and can't self-regulate themselves like soil-based plants so you will need to keep an eye on the proportion of hydroponics nutrients feed to your plants
kevin Anderson

Differences Between: Hydroponics v/s Plantation Agriculture - 0 views

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    Hydroponic gardening is a technique of growing plants without soil, plantation agriculture is an export oriented commercial tropical agricultural systems.
kevin Anderson

Hydroponic rooftop farming - 0 views

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    Hydroponics and other alternative methods can expand the possibilities of roof top gardening by reducing, for example, the need for soil or its tremendous weight.
Phil Slade

Cider and Perry at the Cider Workshop | Home of the Cider Workshop group - 0 views

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    "Welcome to ciderworkshop.com, the web resource for the Cider Workshop Google group - the friendly community of craft cider & perry makers and enthusiasts."
Yamila Gonzalez

The Rocket Powered Shower | Permaculture Research Institute of Australia - 0 views

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    Plan for our Rocket-Powered hot water system for the Basecamp shower + bath block Spending all your day gathering sticks for a hot shower is just no fun. No
Yamila Gonzalez

The Busybody State | Permaculture Research Institute of Australia - 0 views

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    Why was the Big Green Gathering shut down by the authorities? by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist, United
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